Comet Encke /ˈɛŋki/, or Encke's Comet (official designation: 2P/Encke), is a periodic comet that completes an orbit of the Sun once every 3.3 years. (This...
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2P may refer to: 2P/Encke, official designation of Comet Encke 2p, an arm of Chromosome 2 (human) 2p, an atomic orbital for electrons Two-photon absorption...
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Since 2P/Encke is such a short period comet, the meteors have the slowest impact speed of the annual well-known meteor showers. Comet Encke and the...
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Marsden and Kracht comet groups complex Beta Taurids late June Comet 2P/Encke June Bootids (periodic) late June Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke Southern Delta...
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Comet dust (section Comet 2P/Encke)
non-gases, the general "particles" or "grains." Encke is officially a dust-poor, gas-rich comet. Encke actually emits most of its solid mass as meteoroids...
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On January 26, 1875, Tuttle and E. S. Holden recovered periodic comet 2P/Encke from the Naval Observatory. Tuttle was in Washington, DC attending a Naval...
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Comet (redirect from Encke-type comet)
thousands of known comets, some exhibit unusual properties. Comet Encke (2P/Encke) orbits from outside the asteroid belt to just inside the orbit of...
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C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) C/2021 T4 (Lemmon) C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) 103P/Hartley 2P/Encke C/2023 H2 (Lemmon) 62P/Tsuchinshan 12P/Pons–Brooks brightening multiple...
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multiple asteroids and comets. Some of the choices that were discussed were 2P/Encke, 433 Eros (which became the mission's primary target), 1036 Ganymed, 4...
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was only the third comet known to be periodic, after comets Halley and Encke. The comet was named after Biela, although there was initially some controversy...
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Numbered comets Previous (periodic comet navigator) 1P/Halley Next 2P/Encke...
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meteor showers related to the Taurids, which is in turn linked to the comet 2P/Encke. However, the link to the Taurid shower remains unconfirmed and may be...
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C/1739 K1 Southern Taurids 20 Sep – 20 Nov 5 Nov 223 3.5 +15 27 7 bright 2P/Encke Northern Taurids 20 Oct – 10 Dec 12 Nov 230 3.9 +22 29 5 bright 2004 TG10...
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similar in size to Comet Hyakutake and many short-period comets such as 2P/Encke, 7P/Pons-Winnecke, 8P/Tuttle, 14P/Wolf, and 19P/Borrelly. By July 5, NASA's...
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was Encke's Comet (with the official designation of 2P/Encke). During the period 1819–1821 the German mathematician and physicist Johann Franz Encke computed...
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comets are named after their discoverers, but in a few cases such as 2P/Encke and 27P/Crommelin they were named for a person who calculated their orbits...
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(Méchain), 1781 I C/1781 T1 (Méchain), 1781 II C/1785 E1 (Méchain), 1785 II 2P/Encke, discovered in 1786 C/1787 G1 (Méchain), 1787 I 8P/Tuttle, discovered in...
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T2 (PANSTARRS) C/2020 F8 (SWAN) C/2019 U6 (LEMMON) C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) 2P/Encke 88P/Howell 156P/Russell–LINEAR Space exploration Spitzer retirement (Jan...
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T2 (PANSTARRS) C/2020 F8 (SWAN) C/2019 U6 (LEMMON) C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) 2P/Encke 88P/Howell 156P/Russell–LINEAR Space exploration Spitzer retirement (Jan...
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2013, MESSENGER was among the numerous space assets that imaged Comet Encke (2P/Encke) and Comet ISON (C/2012 S1). As its orbit began to decay in early 2015...
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second known periodic comet, Comet Encke (formally designated 2P/Encke), was named after the astronomer, Johann Franz Encke, who had calculated its orbit rather...
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T2 (PANSTARRS) C/2020 F8 (SWAN) C/2019 U6 (LEMMON) C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) 2P/Encke 88P/Howell 156P/Russell–LINEAR Space exploration Spitzer retirement (Jan...
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discovery Spacecraft Year Notes 2P/Encke 4.8 January 17, 1786 CONTOUR 1998 Spacecraft lost while leaving Earth orbit 2P/Encke 4.8 January 17, 1786 NEAR 1998...
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C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) C/2021 T4 (Lemmon) C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) 103P/Hartley 2P/Encke C/2023 H2 (Lemmon) 62P/Tsuchinshan 12P/Pons–Brooks brightening multiple...
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C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) C/2021 T4 (Lemmon) C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) 103P/Hartley 2P/Encke C/2023 H2 (Lemmon) 62P/Tsuchinshan 12P/Pons–Brooks brightening multiple...
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2001 flyby success previously visited asteroid 9969 Braille 1998-061A 2P/Encke CONTOUR NASA 2003 flyby failure contact lost shortly after launch 2002-034A...
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T2 (PANSTARRS) C/2020 F8 (SWAN) C/2019 U6 (LEMMON) C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) 2P/Encke 88P/Howell 156P/Russell–LINEAR Space exploration Spitzer retirement (Jan...
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caused by Deep Impact CONTOUR (Discovery 6) 3 July 2002 NASA United States 2P/Encke Flyby Spacecraft failure Delta II 7425 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann Flyby Spacecraft...
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after their orbit computer, rather than discoverer, are 27P/Crommelin, 2P/Encke and 1P/Halley – Halley's Comet. Kronk, G. Cometography: D/1770 L1 (Lexell)...
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T2 (PANSTARRS) C/2020 F8 (SWAN) C/2019 U6 (LEMMON) C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) 2P/Encke 88P/Howell 156P/Russell–LINEAR Space exploration Spitzer retirement (Jan...
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